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I'm rolling the dice on a couple guys.

1) TJ Ford: He could be a guy who racks up assists for me with a couple steals, and 11-13 ppg. But he could also get injured from the get go and be useless. At least he has the sharpshooters around him to get assists.

2) Al Jefferson: They let Fatoine go for a reason...I hope he really starts to shine this year, because this isn't the only league where I've taken the risk on him.

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I'm rolling the dice on Bobby Jackson that he won't get injured. If not there's no doubt he'll be a great pick.

Did a slight bit with Josh Smith as well but he was very solid last year and should improve.

I liked getting Okur at 59, and Howard at 38.

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

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I took a risk with Samuel Dalembert. If he finally breaks out and starts collecting double-doubles and blocking even more, like he was supposed to do this last season, before he got in the coach's doghouse (sp?), then I have good hope.

I think he could do that as he did well for Phillie in the last play-offs against Detroit, picking up double-doubles in virtually all those games.

ON THE OTHER HAND ... it was a contract year for him, so I'm really hoping he doesn't hang up with Marc Blount and Erick Dampier in the summer and he isn't exactly the model for consistency either .

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Thanks for the vote of confidence, now watch me go out and get hit by a train or something, since I picked 'The Curse of Danny Granger'

But I really don't feel like it was rolling the dice on him, actually at the time, I was wanting Josh Howard, and he was picked right before then, but with Danny, I feel like it's like rolling a 7 or 11.

I'm pretty confident that Danny will be getting close to starters minutes, if not starting on opening night.

I expect to see JT, Jax, Ron, Danny, JO, as the starting 5, with Sarunas, JB, and Fred being the first guys off the bench.

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Yeah, I would like to see Harrison starting on opening night, but since he blew a hole in the side of his abdominal muscle eating all that peanut brittle, it might be a couple weeks, but hopefully sooner than later.

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Curse whoever took McDyess right before me (BostonCnextion). Fairly happy with Antonio Daniels, but Dice would have completed my team.

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

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I'll say this - after about 150 picks all but 1 of the top 109 on my list have been drafted. I don't think that's ever happened before - there are always 10 or so of my top 100 left when the 7th rd starts.

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I know that some people don't like to use contingency lists at all. But why wouldn't you put at least one guy on your list-- answering the question "If I were drafting now, I'd pick..."

I'm reminded of this because on a couple of instances somebody has taken a lot of time to make a pick. When he finally did, we wait for the next owner in line to make a pick, and see that this owner had checked in recently but either put nobody on contingency or (unlikely) wanted the same guy as the owner right before him.

What could possibly be the harm in putting at least one player on contingency at all times, especially if your turn is 1,2,or 3 picks away?

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I know that some people don't like to use contingency lists at all. But why wouldn't you put at least one guy on your list-- answering the question "If I were drafting now, I'd pick..."

I'm reminded of this because on a couple of instances somebody has taken a lot of time to make a pick. When he finally did, we wait for the next owner in line to make a pick, and see that this owner had checked in recently but either put nobody on contingency or (unlikely) wanted the same guy as the owner right before him.

What could possibly be the harm in putting at least one player on contingency at all times, especially if your turn is 1,2,or 3 picks away?

Yeah - I'm sorry now that I advocated 12 hours/pick. Be better to have a 15 or 30 min limit and skip some people. At the current pace (16 picks in a day) we should be able to finish about a week after the season starts.

I wasn't bothered by the pace yesterday - much - but that's changed today. In particular, it bugs me when someone logs on, then logs off again without making a pick when it's his turn - or is logged on for half an hour to an hour before picking.

The only conclusion I can come to is some people didn't do their homework before the draft, and it's holding everything up.

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So, just for curiosity Displaced Knick, how many of my 7 picks were in your top 109?

And I wonder who the one player is.......

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."